Another early start to the morning. We met Don, who was already waiting in the car, and our escort, who was waiting in the lobby, 10 minutes early, because 10 minutes early is on time in China.
We seem to finally have a pattern down for the classes. Montana and LuRue did their normal pronunciations, drawing, Simon says, homonyms and sentence game for both classes. Both groups were very eager to participate and Montana and LuRue even got a few lovely performances at the end of their classes.
After the classes, we headed to the bell and drum tower market for Montana to get a souvenir. It was a quick stop. Cici and Phyllis brought Montana and LuRue to a little alley with lots of souvenirs. Montana picked out a dragon statue that was originally sold for about 70 yuan, but with the skillful bargaining of Cici, Montana bought it for 50 yuan.
The driver brought them back to the hotel with just a few minutes to spare before heading down for lunch which was at 1:30 today. We discussed our days and then at 2:30 Don and LuRue went down to teach the hotel staff some English. LuRue did a role playing game with phrases they requested to practice.
Montana went to go finish her video then go get BaoLi's opinion. Montana spent the rest of her afternoon at the "Torture Chamber" a.k.a. "Fitness Centre".
We met up again at dinner time, except BaoLi wasn't here today because she had to go pick up Jerry. She had already ordered some ribs (specifically requested by LuRue) and some noodles. After dinner our day wasn't even close to being over. We both had to start getting packed and take a shower, because we are having lunch the party secretaries tomorrow, as well as the president of the college. Montana also had to do some final touch ups on the video before showing it tomorrow AND, if that wasn't enough already, she had to finish up writing both the journal & blog. No early bedtime tonight!
We seem to finally have a pattern down for the classes. Montana and LuRue did their normal pronunciations, drawing, Simon says, homonyms and sentence game for both classes. Both groups were very eager to participate and Montana and LuRue even got a few lovely performances at the end of their classes.
After the classes, we headed to the bell and drum tower market for Montana to get a souvenir. It was a quick stop. Cici and Phyllis brought Montana and LuRue to a little alley with lots of souvenirs. Montana picked out a dragon statue that was originally sold for about 70 yuan, but with the skillful bargaining of Cici, Montana bought it for 50 yuan.
The driver brought them back to the hotel with just a few minutes to spare before heading down for lunch which was at 1:30 today. We discussed our days and then at 2:30 Don and LuRue went down to teach the hotel staff some English. LuRue did a role playing game with phrases they requested to practice.
Montana went to go finish her video then go get BaoLi's opinion. Montana spent the rest of her afternoon at the "Torture Chamber" a.k.a. "Fitness Centre".
We met up again at dinner time, except BaoLi wasn't here today because she had to go pick up Jerry. She had already ordered some ribs (specifically requested by LuRue) and some noodles. After dinner our day wasn't even close to being over. We both had to start getting packed and take a shower, because we are having lunch the party secretaries tomorrow, as well as the president of the college. Montana also had to do some final touch ups on the video before showing it tomorrow AND, if that wasn't enough already, she had to finish up writing both the journal & blog. No early bedtime tonight!
love the ‘teaching’ photos
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